Do you find continuing legal education (CLE) rules confusing? You have enough to worry about. In about five minutes, learn what you need to know about earning, tracking, and reporting CLE, including new rules that give you more CLE options.

Managing a client's expectations may be one of the most important tasks litigation attorneys have. Michael Laufenberg gives tips to avoid that cringe-worthy moment when with your client at a verdict reading.

Oregon is addressing an access to justice problem with regulatory rule changes that embrace the virtual legal marketplace, including providers like Avvo. Other states have gone the opposite direction, issuing ethics opinions prohibiting such engagement. Wisconsin has not yet issued a formal position via ethics opinion or otherwise.

The devastation left in the wake of Hurricane Harvey is a good reminder to Wisconsin lawyers to plan for the unexpected – minimizing the cost to you, your practice, and your clients. Here are Tom Watson's tips to get you started.

The story of one lawyer’s struggle with drugs highlights the need for stakeholders in the legal profession to promote culture change. A recent report provides a roadmap for law firms and others to follow.

It takes bravery and a pioneer spirit to hang out your shingle and take control of your own destiny. But you don’t have to fly solo on your course to success. Refuel yourself with your fellow attorneys at the 2017 Wisconsin Solo & Small Firm Conference in Wisconsin Dells, Oct. 26-28.

Looking for an opportunity? There are jobs – and a fulfilling life and career – for lawyers in rural Wisconsin. The second Greater Wisconsin Initiative Bus Tour opens the door for you – sign up by Aug. 23.

Effective succession planning includes preserving and transmitting knowledge, maintaining existing client relationships and creating new sources of revenue, developing future leaders, valuing the law practice, acknowledging generational differences, and adhering to ethics rules throughout the planning process. Read why serving clients well now includes planning for what will happen when you’re no longer around.

Moving from Alaska to northern Wisconsin, Will Baynard found his opportunity after participating in the 2016 Greater Wisconsin Initiative Bus Tour. The second annual tour in September is a chance to explore your own opportunities for work in the northwoods.

The Deadman’s Statute dies on July 1, but a Business Court Pilot Project is born, along with rule changes that impact family law mediators and expand CLE options. Read about rule changes and orders effective July 1.

The message of the U.W. law students is: put health and wellness first, and the rest will follow. And they want the students to know that they are not the only ones dealing with ongoing stress and occasional panic. They are helping their classmates to stay mentally fit to cope with the stresses of law school – and life.

Violence and aggression against the legal profession can take many different forms, including physical attacks, assaults, threats, vandalism, and sabotage. Based on survey results, the author provides a glimpse into work-related threats and violence against legal professionals and provides practical tips to actively prevent and thwart potentially violent situations.

Writing is a skill that you can always continue to sharpen. Marquette University law professor Melissa Greipp shares drafting techniques and practical editing tips to take your brief writing to the next level.

Growing up in a tough neighborhood, Judge Frederick Rosa realized at a young age that meaningful gains in society are accomplished through the court system. After nearly two years in Wisconsin’s busiest trial court, he is doing just that.

How can you become a better lawyer? Try improv. No, really! Creativity, public speaking, and confidence under pressure are just a few of the skills that lawyers can refine by adopting improv techniques.

SCR 20:4.4 governs lawyers’ behaviors and obligations when they receive a document or electronically stored information that was inadvertently sent. Read about the types of behavior the rule proscribes, examples of cases in which lawyers have been sanctioned, and a new provision that directs lawyers how to respond if they receive privileged information or work product.

Wisconsin has made progress in providing legal services for the state’s low-income residents, but the need still outpaces the available resources. Here is a look at some of the great things happening, the individuals and groups that work to increase access to legal assistance for low-income residents, and remaining significant access to justice gaps.

This annual report looks at what’s going on in the legal profession in the United States and in other parts of the world. The legal profession will survive, says the author, if the profession recognizes the change that is occurring and turns it to an advantage.

Borrowing a page from Robert Denney’s global look at trends in the legal profession, Wisconsin and regional attorneys and practice management experts weigh in on practice and marketing trends in the Dairy State.